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The RockHead Stories - real experiences, real adventures

Fancy goosebumps and gravel dust?
In our RockHead Stories, real bikers share their tour moments, personal highlights and best pictures from the 320 km route through Saxon Switzerland and Upper Lusatia. Whether it's breathtaking views, muddy passages with team spirit or the best coffee break between two stages - you'll find inspiration for your own gravel adventure here.

Latest Reports

3-Day Challenge—that’s what CYCLE YOUR WAY set out to do and accomplished. You can find highlights from his summer tour, including his bike setup, on YouTube.

Juliane from the blog radelmaedchen.de spent 5 days riding the RockHead for you this fall. She’s cycled in Saxony many times before, but even in these familiar regions, she discovered a few new trails and places. Click here to read about her experiences on her blog.

Markus Weinberg completed the RockHead in a single day. Our brand ambassador, who was involved in designing the RockHead, took on the“Conquer the RockHead”mission in mid-October 2025—and succeeded. Click here to watch his video on YouTube and Instagram.

RoadbikeTim spent three days bikepacking on the RockHead—with a tent, thunderstorms, and plenty of climbs. He documented his impressions of the first half of the route between Stadt Wehlen and Zittau on YouTube.

“Happy but exhausted” is how you could sum up the adventure of Andre from the YouTube channel GravelShark and his buddy Jürgen. The two of them spent four days on the RockHead with their gravel bikes in early August 2025. You can find their trip reports on YouTube: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4.

“RockHead rocks!”—that’s the verdict from Martin of Biketour Global. He rode the RockHead in the spring to prepare for his summer of biking. He explored the entire route over two days. Click here for his blog post.

Sebastian and Moritz from the Globetrotter team were out on the RockHead in the summer of 2024, even before it opened, and thoroughly examined several sections of the route. You can find their 10 highlights here on the Globetrotter blog and a detailed article in Globetrotter Magazine No. 35.

Become part of the RockHead community

To be able to write your own trip reports, you need access to the community area - and you can only get this with one of our three starter packages. There you can create your personal user profile, activate your timekeeping and compete with other gravel bikers on the official RockHead finisher list.

Get your starter pack now and become part of the RockHead community!

Our
service team

Oliver Herberg
Marketing-Gesellschaft Oberlausitz-Niederschlesien mbH
oliver.herberg@oberlausitz.com
+49 3591 487716
Heike Grunow
Tourismusverband Sächsische Schweiz e.V.
h.grunow@saechsische-schweiz.de
+49 3501 470133

Many thanks to our partners and sponsors!


 

This measure is co-financed by tax funds on the basis of the budget approved by the members of the Saxon state parliament.